Nava Toran Temple

Nava Toran Temple
Nava Toran Temple
	Ancient Nav Toran Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
Deity	Varaha
Location
Location	Jawad
State	Madhya Pradesh
Country	India
	Interactive map of Nava Toran Temple
Architecture
Creator	Maharana
Completed	11th century
Temple	1

Hindu temple in Madhya Pradesh, India

Nava Toran Temple^[1] is located at Khor, Jawad census town, under Jawad tehsil in Neemuch district, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is an eleventh-century temple which consists of ten decorative arches arranged in two rows. The temple decorations include leaf-shaped borders, heads of makaras, and garland bearers, Nav or nou means "nine" and toran means "pillars"; this is where the temple gets its name. The prime deity of the temple is Varaha, who is the third avatar of lord Vishnu. It is said that there is a tunnel beneath the temple that goes to the Chittor Fort and that Maharana Pratap often used to go through the tunnel to worship the deity of the temple.

References

^ Mayor, S. (2010-02-17). "Nearly 23 000 people in England aged under 18 have diabetes, survey shows". BMJ. 340 (feb17 2): c980 – c980. doi:10.1136/bmj.c980. ISSN 1756-1833.

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[1] Mayor, S. (2010-02-17). "Nearly 23 000 people in England aged under 18 have diabetes, survey shows". BMJ. 340 (feb17 2): c980 – c980. doi:10.1136/bmj.c980. ISSN 1756-1833.